Author Archives: Rawle Nyanzi

Active Female Characters Are All Right

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Online, I saw a comment stating that active female protagonists, especially those who do combat, are inherently non-conservative. The thinking goes that any right-leaning action fiction must have a masculine male protagonist; if there are any females involved at all, … Continue reading →

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Indiegogo Campaign Postmortem

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Backers to my Shining Tomorrow Volume 1 audiobook Indiegogo campaign should have received notification of refunds. I issued those myself once I saw that the campaign wouldn’t fund in time; even though it was Fixed Funding, I didn’t want there … Continue reading →

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Additional Input on the Rise of Dark Magical Girl Series

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Yesterday’s post on my belief as to why magical girl series have gone grim and dour got a lot of attention and very good responses from various people. Several of them filled me in on information I didn’t know, and … Continue reading →

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The Reason for Magical Girls’ Dark Turn

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: D. G. D. Davidson responds. Yesterday, I read a number of blog posts by D. G. D. Davidson, the owner of the blog Deus Ex Magical Girl. In these articles, he explores the reasons ([1], [2]) why the magical … Continue reading →

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Jeet Kune Do of the Keyboard, or Writing the Way that Works for You

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

The late Bruce Lee came up with a martial arts style known as Jeet Kune Do. Unlike most styles, JKD doesn’t have a fixed set of techniques; rather, it emphasizes combat-effective moves above all. The practitioner keeps what is useful … Continue reading →

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Shining Tomorrow Demolishes YA Stereotypes

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: Welcome, Ace of Spades readers! If you want a little information about the book setting’s background, go read the Shining Tomorrow Historical Lore. You don’t need to read it to understand the novel at all; it’s only there as … Continue reading →

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We Must Do Better

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Twitter buddy Not John Daker has sage advice for anyone dissatisfied with the SJW trend in professional entertainment.

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Shining Tomorrow Character Files: Lord Avian

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

This is meant to briefly discuss a character from my upcoming novel, Shining Tomorrow. This is not needed to understand the story; it is only posted as a supplementary bonus. 大日本帝国軍情報部 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE 2053/07/04 [REDACTED … Continue reading →

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J. K. Rowling Memes Herself

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

J. K. Rowling, the celebrated author of the Harry Potter series of novels, shocked the world in 2007 when she revealed that Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, was gay. This was celebrated as a progressive move back then — … Continue reading →

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Tolkien’s Legacy Beyond Fantasy, and My Accidental Embrace of It

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Much has been written about J. R. R. Tolkien, the esteemed author of the trilogy known as The Lord of the Rings. His trilogy pretty much defined what the fantasy genre was for a lot of people from the 1970s … Continue reading →

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